There's hot fun in the summertime when Kipper and his pals enjoy the great outdoors. From boating to splashing in a pool, from a crazy game of golf to having a race. Arnold learns to ride a bike with a little help from Kipper. Finally, the gang goes off to spend the day at a farm and meet some new friends.

The visitor: When a gosling visits Kipper unexpectedly, Kipper experiences the joys and frustrations of parenthood. Pig's present: Kipper wants to give Pig the best birthday gift ever - a pet hamster. The butterfly: After chasing a butterfly around the park, Kipper captures it in a jar. The Bleepers: It's Bleepers from outter space! Pig's cousin: Pig and Kipper take Arnold to play in the park. The little ghost: It's a ghost - and it's afraid of Kipper!...

Matthew Kipper is a TV chef and amateur sleuth of dubious morality who encounters a series of dark and comic murders at a country house weekend. The guests and suspects are the most extreme, weird and morally bankrupt individuals that celebrity culture can offer. "Beware a kipper at midnight" was a single line of printed type on a single sheet of crisp A4 that had been mailed to Lady Cynthia Bryce-Howard only a week before her annual charity house...

After the death of her husband, Liz McLuckie has taken early retirement and moved to Whitby, a picturesque fishing town on the North Yorkshire coast. She thinks the renovation of two ramshackle fishing cottages will take her mind off things, but she soon discovers Whitby isn't quite the peaceful retreat she imagined. When she discovers the body of a local Professor near the medieval Abbey, Liz reluctantly finds herself at the center of a murder investigation....